New R Bar chef has cooked everywhere from Driskell to Pickles

Isaac Walker, formerly of Dallas- and Austin-area hotels, is the new chef at the Hilton Arlington. Handout photo

Isaac Walker, formerly of Dallas- and Austin-area hotels, is the new chef at the Hilton Arlington. Handout photo

ARLINGTON

R Bar & Grill, one of Arlington’s few contemporary chef-driven restaurants, has landed itinerant chef Isaac Walker for the restaurant in the Hilton Arlington.

Walker may be best known as a former chef at the Driskill in Austin, but he’s done stints at Westin and Doubletree hotels in the Dallas area. He also originated the distinctive pickles at Pickles BBQ in North Richland Hills.

Walker succeeds chef Marcelo Vasquez. Michael West was the original chef at R Bar & Grill, which opened with consulting help from famed Houston chef Robert Del Grande.